Equestrian statue of Frederick III

Equestrian statue of Frederick III
Location	Mickiewicz Square, Szczecin, Poland
Coordinates	53°25′52.0″N 14°33′42.33″E / 53.431111°N 14.5617583°E
Designer	Ludwig Manzel
Type	Equestrian statue
Material	Bronze
Opening date	1913
Dedicated to	Frederick III
Dismantled date	1942

The equestrian statue of Frederick III (German: Reiterstandbild Friedrich III; Polish: Pomnik konny Fryderyka III) was a monument in Szczecin, Poland, placed at the current Adam Mickiewicz Square, at the southwestern end of the Stefan Żeromski Park. It was a bronze equestrian statue of Frederick III, the King of Prussia from 1831 to 1888, and the Emperor of Germany in 1888. It was designed by Ludwig Manzel, unveiled in 1913, and removed and subsequently destroyed in 1942. Currently, in its place stands the Adam Mickiewicz Monument.

History

In 1913, a bronze equestrian statue depicting Frederick III, the King of Prussia from 1831 to 1888, and the Emperor of Germany in 1888, was unveiled at the current Adam Mickiewicz Square, at the southwestern end of the Stefan Żeromski Park. It was designed by Ludwig Manzel. The sculpture was removed in 1942, and subsequently melted down for materials used by the military.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 1960, at its former location was unveiled the Adam Mickiewicz Monument, designed by Sławomir Lewiński.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Był Fryderyk jest Adam. Jak zmieniliśmy pomniki [ZDJĘCIA]". szczecin.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 1 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza". visitszczecin.eu (in Polish).
^ ^a ^b "Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza". rowery.wzp.pl (in Polish).

[1] "Był Fryderyk jest Adam. Jak zmieniliśmy pomniki [ZDJĘCIA]". szczecin.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 1 December 2011.

[vs1-2] "Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza". visitszczecin.eu (in Polish).

[wzp-3] "Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza". rowery.wzp.pl (in Polish).

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v t e Public art in Szczecin, Poland
Portrait sculpture	Ernst Moritz Arndt † Telesfor Badetko Bogislaw X Bartolomeo Colleoni Jan Czekanowski Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski Frederick III † Frederick the Great Frederick William † Frederick William III † Józef Haller Anna Jagiellon John Paul II Florian Krygier Carl Loewe † Adam Mickiewicz Józef Piłsudski Sophie Caroline Tilebein Kornel Ujejski William I †
Other monuments	Fallen Athletes Fallen in the Fight for the Liberation of Dąbie † Glory of the Soviet Army † Graduate to the Soviet Army † Hungarian Boy Independence Polish Endeavor SS Kapitan K. Maciejewicz mast To those, whom did not return from the sea Victims of December 1970 Victims of the Putsch † Napoleon Mound Workers' Uprising Sign
Other works	Amphitrite Fountain † Elephant Flora Firery Birds Good Samaritan Hercules Fighting with Centaurus King Matt the First Labyrinth Manzel Fountain † Mother Earth Railwayman Sailor Spinning Top † Umbriaga White Eagle Fountain
Key: † Removed